Mogami River Boat Ride (Basholine)
An hour-long boat ride 12 km down the Mogami, through a prefectural natural park.
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Mogami River Boat Ride (Basholine)
SaveAn hour-long boat ride 12 km down the Mogami, through a prefectural natural park.
The boatman sings while he steers, and the boat is roofed in rain and enclosed and heated all winter.
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Yamagata and Akita, April 2024, part 4: the Mogami cruise (Basho Line)
Sights are all on the right. Lunchbox orders sat front-right, the rest back-left. The boatman sings, too.
ameblo.jp2025
Japanese · opens translatedGuide
A Yamagata activity: riding the Mogami River boat at Tozawa village
You may bring food aboard. Down the steps, buoyancy aid behind your back, then off; one-way riders bus back in 15 min.
andtrip.jp2023
Japanese · opens translatedOfficial
Feature: riding the heated winter boat on the Mogami Gorge Basho Line
Yamagata's tourism site rode the winter boat: windows all round, warm inside, snow on the river. Runs 1 Dec to 31 Mar.
visityamagata.jp2022
Japanese · opens translatedOfficial
Mogami River boat trips | Tozawa Village tourism site
Lists both operators: Basho Line 3,000 yen adult, 1,500 child, infants free, 12 km one way, bus back to Furuguchi.
kankoh.vill.tozawa.yamagata.jp2025
Japanese · opens translatedFirst-hand
Mogami River boat trip: autumn colour, and a boatman who tells and sings the history
Rode at seven-tenths colour: 12 km in 50 min, the 124 m Shiraito falls, Sennindo, and soba at the old boat station.
loki-creative.com2021
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- Fee：Pre-school children ride free. Adult means junior-high age and up, child means primary school. One way is 3,000 yen for an adult and 1,500 for a child, all tax included. From 1 December to 31 March a notice raises this to 3,200 and 1,600, though the fare table still shows the lower figures, so budget for the winter price if you go then. Booking online takes 100 yen off an adult and 50 off a child. A round trip by boat is 4,720 and 2,360; groups of 15 or more pay 2,700 and 1,350. Holders of a first-class physical or intellectual disability certificate, or a grade-1 mental disability certificate, get 50 percent off for themselves and one carer. Getting back to the departure pier costs extra: the bus is 500 yen for an adult and 250 for a primary-school child, or 3,000 yen to have a car driven round.■■■■
- Hours：The regular route runs 365 days a year. Opening hours for the pier are not published: departure times are set by a sailing calendar rather than a fixed daily timetable, and the last boat is at 15:00 - there is no return boat on that one. Reception closes 10 minutes before departure. Sailings can be cancelled, or replaced by a circular course, because of weather or the water level, so check by phone on the day (the phone line takes calls 8:20-17:10 from April to November and 9:00-16:30 from December to March).■■■
- Time to allow：90 min
- Booking：The scheduled boats take walk-ups and will carry a single passenger, so a family does not have to book. Booking is required for groups of 15 or more, for anything involving food, for experience products, for the private charters and for a large-vehicle transfer. The web form closes three days before the sailing date and gives 100 yen off an adult and 50 yen off a child; changes and cancellations are taken by phone only. Reception closes 10 minutes before departure, and if you have booked you are asked to check in about 20 minutes before - the scheduled boats leave on time and latecomers go on the next one. Sailings can be cancelled or turned into a round trip by weather or water level, so ring 0233-72-2001 on the day.■■■■Official booking site ↗
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- Official: Indoor / outdoor, Steps & slope caution, Stroller access notes
- Official: Stroller access notes
Boats leave Furuguchi and land 12 kilometres downstream at Kusanagi, an hour on one of Japan's three fastest rivers. The boatman sings the river song, and you can ask for a particular boatman. Rain brings a vinyl roof, summer sun blinds, and from December to the end of March the boat is closed in and heated. Reaching the landing stage means about 100 metres and 40 to 50 steps. Because you land at a different pier, ask at the window for the return bus time before you board.
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| Indoor / outdoor | Outdoor | You are on the river, but the boat is roofed: a vinyl roof in rain, sun blinds in summer, and fully enclosed with heating from 1 December to 31 March. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | blf.co.jp |
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| Steps & slope caution | Many steps | From the reception it is about 100 metres on foot to the landing stage, down 40 to 50 steps - the number changes with the water level. A wheelchair can board: there is a ramp and staff help, and wheelchairs can be borrowed (two at the boarding pier, one at the landing pier). Nothing is stated about taking a stroller down or where to leave one. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | blf.co.jp |
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| Best-fit ages (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Official family-friendly certificationExtra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Crowding (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Quietness (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Lost-child supportExtra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | Yes | The boat lands at a different pier from the one it leaves, so plan the way back before you board: a bus from Kusanagi (about 15 minutes' wait after landing, then about 15 minutes, 500 yen adult and 250 child), a car transfer at 3,000 yen booked in advance, or a limited number of return-boat places. There is a large free car park at the departure pier, and Furuguchi station is 7 to 8 minutes on foot. Luggage is held at the window only if you are coming back to the departure pier. Getting to the boat means about 100 metres and 40 to 50 steps. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | blf.co.jpblf.co.jp |
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Child switch (rider swap), Best-fit ages (guide), Official family-friendly certification, Crowding (guide), Quietness (guide), Lost-child support